Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid
Patent
1977-07-11
1979-05-08
Casaregola, Louis J.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
60 3946S, 110311, 110347, F02C 326
Patent
active
041528905
ABSTRACT:
A solid fuel internal combustion engine is disclosed having a tank for storing particulated solid fuel such as, for example, wood. A combustion chamber is positioned proximate to the storage tank for receiving the solid fuel stored therein, wherein the solid fuel is preheated by the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber but is not ignited until the wood enters the combustion chamber. A portion of the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber is coupled to a compression turbine which in turn drives an air compressor for forcing air or other oxidizing agent under pressure into the combustion chamber. The cold compressed air serves as a combusting agent for igniting and burning the particulated wood. A major portion of the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber is controllably coupled to a power turbine for driving a vehicle or other utilization device. Control means including a throttle at the input to the compressor turbine controls the quantity of air flow into the combustion chamber and hence controls the rate at which the wood is combusted. This in turn controls the pressure of the exhaust gases coupled to the power turbine to thereby control the power output of the power turbine. The output of the power turbine is also controlled by at least one throttle at the input thereof, which throttle controls the pressure level of the exhaust gases coupled to the power turbine to thereby control the power output of the turbine.
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